Team USA is also holding the most gold medals, with nine total.
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Katie Ledecky had another big night after winning the gold for the 200-meter freestyle – an event she believed to leave her most vulnerable for lost.
From the pool to the gymnastics floor, Team USA had nice day at the Rio de Janeiro Games. “For gymnastics and being a USA athlete and us having such a great team this year, it was fun to watch”.
Highlights from Tuesday in Rio that sent Team USA so far ahead of the other countries included Michael Phelps’ historic 20th and 21st gold medals; he won in both the 200 meter butterfly and the 4 x 200 relay. It may be Phelps’s best event, but he mistimed his finish in London and that allowed le Clos to beat him at the line.
Phelps got off to a rousing start at the Rio Games by leading his 4×100 freestyle team to the gold medal on Sunday.
Ledecky strode atop the medal podium again with a bright smile after taking gold for winning the 200-meter freestyle.
The Rio Olympics have been a struggle for Serena Williams.
Ledecky, just 19, won her second gold.
Another highlight in the pool will likely see Katie Ledecky add to her medal tally in the 4x200m freestyle relay for the USA, having smashed her own 400m freestyle record in taking gold Sunday and then won the 200m Tuesday. Defeating second-place Russian Federation by eight points, Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez gave Team USA back-to-back gold medals in the event.
The United States brought home the gold with a team final score of 184.897, more than eight points ahead of the silver medal team Russian Federation.
Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia didn’t seem to care what color of water they were hitting.
China added a gold medal on Tuesday when the diving team won the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform. New Zealand is a 12-time world series champion and one of the top contenders for the first rugby medals awarded at an Olympics in 92 years.
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Women’s basketball prelims continue, as team United States of America takes on Serbia in search of its 44th straight Olympic victory.
